Process for snipping and attaching bindings to tops for shoes



Dec. 6, 1927. I I 1,651,745

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UNITED STATES JOSEPH WOOD, OF BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

PROCESS FOR'SNIPPING AND ATTAOHING BINDINGS TO TOIS FOR SHOES.

Application filed February 19, 1924. Serial No. 693,908.

This invention relates to a process of snipping and attaching bindings to the tops for shoes.

In the construction of womens pumps, and particularly those in wh1ch the uppers 'are constructed of leather and have straps thereon, it is customary toface or bind a portion of the edge of the top for the shoe with a strip of suitable braid and dunng the process of attaching said brand to said top, after the braid has been stitched to one face thereof, said braid is folded over the adjacent edge of the top and stuck to the opposite face thereof.

In order that the folding operation may be accomplished in a neat and unlform manner, it is necessary to snip the unstitched edge of said braid at intervals particularly where said braid extends around curved portions of the shoe top, and so far as I am aware, it has always been the custom to perform the shipping operation by hand with scissors after the braid has been stitched to the shoe top. This method, however, has proved unsatisfactory, for the reason that the incisions often vary in length and are not uniformly located, and when the folding operation is attempted, it is often impossible to accomplish the same in as neat and uniform a manner as is desired.

It is the object, therefore, of this invention to perform the snipping operation upon the braid prior to the stitching operation, thereby making it easier to perform the stitching operation and rendering the en tire process of attaching the bindings to the shoe tops more expeditious and, in-general, improving the quality ofthe work performed.

The invention consists in a process of snipping and attaching bindings to tops for shoes as set forth in the following specification and particularly as pointed out in the claims thereof.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 represents an elevation of the outer side of one-half of a top for a. ladys pump. a strip of braid being illustrated stitched to a portion of the edge thereof.

Fig. 2 represents an elevation of'a portion of the reverse side of the shoe top with a suitable adhesive applied thereto.

Fig. 3 is a View similar to Fig. 2 but illustrating the binding folded over the edge of the shoe top and pressed against the adhesive surface thereof.

Fig. 4 is an elevation of a portion of the outer side of the shoe top as it appears after the braid has been folded and stuck to the out the several views of the drawings.

In the drawings, 5 represents one-half of i a top for a womans pump and 6 represents a strap portion thereof. It is desirable that a portion of the edge of the top 5 shall be faced with a suitable binding 7 in order that the exposed edge of the material of which the top is composed may present a finished and pleasing appearance, and it is in the method employed in attaching this binding to the top 5 that the novel features of this invention reside.

A strip of braid 7 of any suitable material, preferably silk, is first subjected to a snipping operation, and a plurality of incisions 8 are formed at intervals extending inwardly a suitable distance from one edge thereof, after which said braid is positioned against the top 5 with the unsnipped edge of said braid located flush with an edge of said 'top and said braid is then stitched to said top at 9 as illustrated in Fig. 1.

A suitable adhesive 10 is then applied to the reverse side of the top 5 as illustrated in Fig. 2, after which the braid 7 is folded closely over the adjacent edge of the shoe top, and the obverse face of said binding is pressed against the surface of the shoe top to which the adhesive has previously been applied, as illustrated in Fig. 3. The shoe top is then ready to have the usual lining attached to the reverse side thereof.

By subjecting the braid 7 to the snipping operation prior to stitching said braid to the shoe top 5, it is possible to more evenly space and cut the incisions 8 and with said incisions already formed in the opposite edge of the especially adjacent to the curvedportions 11' and 12 of said shoe top, it is possible to fold said braid in a much more uniform manner than has previously been possible.

I claim:

1. The process of snipping and attaching a binding to the top for a shoe consisting of first snipping a binding at intervals along one edge thereof, then stitchin the unsn'ipped edge of said binding to the top for a shoe adjacent to an edge thereof, then applying an adhesive to a portion of the opposite surface of the shoe top from that to which the binding is stitched and finally folding said binding closely over the adjacent edge of said shoe top and pressing the obverse face of said binding against the surface of the shoe top to which the adhesive has been applied.

2. The process of snipping and attaching a binding to the top for a shoe consisting of first snipping a binding at intervals along one edge thereof, then stitching the unsnipped edge of said binding to the top for a shoe adjacent to an edge thereof, folding said binding closely over the adjacent edge of said shoe top and pressing the obverse face of said binding against the surface of t the shoe top and attaching it thereto by an adhesive.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

JOSEPH WOOD. 

